Filling-replenishing loom.



A. E. RHOAD ES.

FILLING REPLEMSHING LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-17.1917.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.v

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A. E. R HOADES. FILLING REPLENISHING LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPLH, 19H.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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CGRPORATION OF MAINE.

EILLING-REPLENISHING LOOM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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v Application filed September 17, 1917, Serial No. 191,673.

Be itlnio'wn'that I, ALoNzo E. Riioanns, a

"citizen of the United States, residing at 'Hopedale, county tion withthe accompanying drawing, is a discharging filling carrierivith meanscatching and meta specification.like characters on the drawingrepresenting like parts. 3 This in vention rel atestowcft replenishingiooins pre't'eri'ibly of the automatic type an its object is toprovidenicans for catching and thus retaining the trailing end of the anandoned filling carriei-ai'terits discharge from 'the shuttle 'intheoperation of repleniFlllDfll'lij' sothat it will not be caught andcarried by the shuttle or the fresh filling carrier into the cloth uponthe succeeding pick.

This object isseeured in the present invention by providing therhutefwhich guides the for hung the trailingfilling" end which means ispreferably provided by serratiug'the upper edge of; the chute.

The invimiionnlso has for its object to i provide a chute capahle ofyielding both forwardlv and rearwardly from its norn'ial posiiiou sothat danger of breakage or a smash is *[ueveuied ii the fillingcarrieibecaught be tween. the. chute and a inovinn part of the loom dli'ruig itsdischarge.

lhese and other objects oi: the invention will appear iuoretullvfromthe:accompanyingr d'eshriptiol'iand d rantings and'will hepar- "ticularlv pointed out in the claims.

nan end elevation"partially in ct'ion of so much of an autoinatir w 'ttpleni'shi ig'iooiu of the Northrop type/as is no i yadisclosure of theFigure l' ].n-esentinventionwith a preferred form oi the a d im'enliimembodied therein;

"F11 is 1: front eleiation of the transfer end ielav shown i all 1g. 1together With a per the chute.

The present invention is not concerned with the'particular constructionor operation of the general features of the 100m to which it is applied.For convenience of illustration the invention is Shown in the preferredform. selected embodied in an automatic filling woven into the cloth-tion.

In this type of lo'oin the frame or loom side 1 supports at the transferend oi the 100m a hopper stand 2 upon which is mounted a rotary hopper 3carrying the suppl of fresh filling carriers a. The lay :3 carries atthe transfer end the shuttle box 6, and the lay and Shuttle box areprovided with a vertical opening '7 therethrough to permit the downwarddischarge of an abandoned filling carrier when the shuttle is boxed atthe transfer end of the 100m.

A transferrer 8 is pivotally mounted on the hopper stand and providedwith a dog which upon the call for filling replenishment is lifted intothe path ol 'a hunter 10 carried by the lay thus causing the transterror to force a fresh filling carrier, in this case a'bobbin, from thehopper into the shuttle and therelo discharge the almndoned or exhaustedfilling; carrier or bobbin in the shuttle down lhrougltthe opening 7.

The end ot' the filling extending from the abandoned filling carrierthrough the eye, of the shuttle is usually, in feeler looms, severed bysuitable mechanism adjacent the nose of the shuttle and this severed endmust be drawn bar]; through the eye of the shuttle and clear of theshuttle or it is liable to be caught by the shuttle or by the freshfilling carrier and dragged harh'into the shed and causing an iinper'iec in this invention mechanism is provided to catch and retain thisfilliug'end as the filling carrier is (llStil'ltll'god from the shuttleand. prevent it from being dragged back into the shed by theshuttle orthe ,fresh filling eartion otthophflier, the picker guidc, and

rier.

For this purpose thechutc which coinprises a guiding plaie' ll upperedge l2 the serrations preferably pointing away from the shed. henthelay heats up this chute contacts at its upper edge with the rear wallof the ()DGHIHQ 7 and as transfer takes place the discharged bobbinforced out through the opening 7 slides down and is guided by the chute11 into the usual receptacle placed beneath the hopper. As the laystarts on its return movement the trailing end of the filling isserrated at its.

is caught over the serrated edge 12 of the chute and is caught andretained thereby so that it cannot be.

carried back by the shuttle or the fresh filling carrier into the shed.a

The chute 11 is provided at its lower edge with journals l3 and 14 bywhich it is pivotall mounted on a stud 15 carried by a brac (et 16secured to theloom side. A heli- .cal-s'pring 17 upon this stud issecured at one end to the journal 14 of the chute and at the other endto a collar 18 fastened to the stud 15 by the cotter pin l9. This springacts to hold the chute yieldingly in its normal position or about theposition illus-' trated in Fig. 1 while allowing it to yield and swingforwardly. As the lay beats up the edge of the chute contacts with therear wall of the opening 7 and the chute yields forwardly keeping incontact with the said wall.

If the filling carrier in descending on the chute should be caught by amoving part of the loom such as the hunter 10 while the lay was movingrearwardly it might get wedged in against the chute 11 and break orinjure the chute and this not infrequently happens. To prevent this theinvention provides means for permitting the chute to yield rearwardlyfrom its normal position. For this purpose the bracketl-B carries at therear of the stud 15 a socket support 20 in which is mounted a plunger21. A helical spring 22, of greater tension than the spring 17,contained in the socket of the support 20 abuts at its upper end thehead of the plunger -21gand'at its lower eng the bottom of the socketthus servin yiel ingly to project the un er u we rdly. A pair of nuts 23are ghre ded dh the lower end of the plunger 21 and serve to Q0 limitand adjust the upward projection of the'Tplunge'ln' The adjustmentissuch that when the chute 11 is in its normal position it contactswiththe plunger 21 and the nuts- 23 contact with the bottom of thesupp0rt20. If new upon the retracted movement of the lay the dischargingfilling carrier be caughtor jammed against the chute the chute willyield rearwardly pressing the plunger 21 against the action of thespring 22 and thus preventing b. :akage of the parts. A suitable guard24 may be provided to prevent endwise movement of the filling carrier asit passes down the chute and is herein shown as rigidly supported fromthe lay by the bracket 25.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a weft replenishing loom a lay provided with a shuttle box andhaving an opening therethrough to permit the discharge of the abandonedfilling carrier, a chute. located beneath said opening to receive andguide the discharged filling 1 carrier, .means for mounting said chuteon the loom frame and permitting it to yield both forwardly andrearwardly from its normal position whereby the said chute may contactand yield forwardly from its normal position with the lay of the beat upand whereby the said chute may yield rearwardlyfrom its normal positionif the discharging filling carrier be i caught between it and a movingpart of the loom.

I at its upper edge to catch th trailing end of the discharged fillingcarrier.

4. In a weft replenishing loom a lay provided with a shuttle box andhaving an opening therethrough to permit the discharge of the abandonedfilling carrier, a chute mounted on the loom frame and located beneathsaid opening when the lay is in position for transfer, the said chuteacting to receive and guidevthe discharged filling carrier, and fillmgretaining means upon the upper edge of the chuteto catch the trailingend of the discharged filling carrier.

n a weft replenishing loom a lay pro-- vided with a shuttle box andhaving an opening therethro'ugh to permit the discharge of the abandonedfilling carrier, a chute mount- ,ed on the loom frame and locatedbeneath said opening, when the lay is in position for transfer, the saidchute acting to receive and guide the discharged filling carrier andserrated at its upper edge to catch the trailing end of the dischargedfilling carrier.

.In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ALONZO E. RHOADES.

t er this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the"Commissioner of Patentn, washing-ton, 11.0."

